| stare down at my very fresh piece of music lit by my | | | | my own songs. I was thrilled especially when the |
| lamp, the piano lamp that was given to me by my | | | | audience gave me a standing ovation. When I went to |
| grandmother, I reflected what I went through with my | | | | college, everything seems like a blur to me. I practiced |
| life years back. Back then, when I was young, music | | | | constantly, write my own composition and study at the |
| and arts have always been my interest. Other | | | | same time. When I got my degree, I decided to join the |
| subjects such as Mathematics never really caught my | | | | Cincinnati Orchestra. I was able to practice well but |
| attention. There was no way for you to interpret things | | | | never got a chance to play my own music. However, I |
| and there is a lack in creativity. On the other hand, | | | | continued writing my own piece. I started playing more |
| music lets you do whatever you wish. There is no | | | | solos this time. |
| correct and incorrect. There is only the melody and the | | | | My big break came when I wrote a piece for an |
| notes. I started learning to play the piano at a very | | | | upcoming movie which won as Oscar award. I |
| early age. We are not rich, but my mom work so hard | | | | became famous. It seems everyone wants me to |
| just to pay my piano teacher which is an old lady who | | | | compose songs for commercials, record deals, and |
| lives across the street. When I had my first lesson, I | | | | movies. I wasn’t able to take it all in. Fame |
| could say that I am no good. I tried to practice | | | | never seems to appeal to me. I went back home and |
| constantly but it never seemed to work. | | | | stayed out of publicity. I brought my grand piano home |
| On one blessed day, everything seems to fall into | | | | with me so that I can practice more. It was my |
| place. Suddenly I understood everything, the notes, the | | | | grandmother who gave me a grand piano light. The |
| tone and all things related to music. I was inspired. | | | | piano light seems to be the most meaningful thing that I |
| Since then onwards, I played the piano every single | | | | possess. |
| day and adores every moment of it. In high school, I | | | | After six months since after I got my grand piano light, |
| joined the concert band and the strings at school. I | | | | my grandmother died. It was the most painful |
| was even given a chance to play a solo. When my | | | | experience in my life. When I wrote songs, pain is |
| teacher saw my potential, he encouraged me to learn | | | | evident there. I started to write melancholic pieces and |
| to compose songs. It was very difficult the first time I | | | | eventually released a CD with all the songs in it. It |
| did it. I can’t seem to finish it and I am often left | | | | didn’t become a hit or a bestseller however, I |
| in midair not knowing what to write. | | | | was able to take out all I felt in my music. I may not be |
| For the next two years, I started to gain more | | | | popular like I used to be, but I am happy. Fame just |
| confidence in my music. Until it came to a point, that I | | | | doesn’t work for everyone. Sometimes, the |
| was given the chance to become a main performer at | | | | spotlight messes with your thinking and you’ll |
| a particular concert at my school. I played classical | | | | end up realizing that it’s not all worth it. |
| pieces such as Beethoven and given a chance to play | | | | |